Wall-decorating material



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER EDwnRp's vAIL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WALL-DECORATING MATERIAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,083, dated April21, 1885'.

Application filed September 13, I884. (Specimens-l To aZZ whom it mayconcern: 7

Be'it known that I, OLIVER EDWARDS VAIL, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful improvement to be known as PaperRepouss, and for purposes'of wall decoration and other ornamentation;and I do hereby 'declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to provide an irregular or wrinkledsurface which, when finished, may resemble leathers, hammered or castmetals, wood barks, and majolica ware.

To carry my invention into effect I dip into water a sheet of paper,(say of the quality known as red express paper,) which,when soaked, Imass into a ball and squeeze the water therefrom, then spread out thepaper and if the wrinkles are not as desired I again draw together andsqueeze themass until the wrinkles in size and mass are satisfactory.Then I spread the sheet to dry.

Heretofore moistened paper has been pressed into molds or blocks toobtain configuration or surface ornament. By my methods no molds,blocks, or machinery of any kind is needel. Besides, I produce anununiform design throughout each sheet and every sheet, which cannot beaccomplished by blocks or molds. When the sheet is dry, I use a thickpaste and apply upon the wall or surface designed to be ornamented, orpaste the sheets, joining them together, upon a heavy paper of anydesired size or shape, which, when again dried, I shellac or glue-sizeto harden the surface and pre! vent absorption of the finishingmaterial. I then paint or bronze for finish and use the same aslincrusta Walton or wall papers.

The novelty of this invention is, producing face with each sheet withoutblocks, molds, or

machinery, and at an inexpensive cost, which 2. A corrugated decorativepaper made substantially in the manner and for the purpose declared, allsubstantially as described.

3. An article to be used for wall-paper, wall decoration, and otherornamentation presenting an ununiform and wrinkledjsurface, pro! ducedbysoaking or wetting paper and squeezing or otherwise wrinkling anddrying the same with wrinkled or ununiform surface left remaining, allsubstantially as described.

OLIVER EDlVARDS .VAIL.

\Nitnesses:

AUSTIN BIERBOWER, THOMAS J. WALSH.

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